General Tips

Jump ‘n ShootThe famous jump-n-shoot technique from many FPS games is just as effective as in this third person adventure. Your shots are still accurate, but you’re harder to hit. You can also jump over slower enemies (i.e. Gamorrean guards) to get by them and into other rooms, which is very useful during Super Story Mode when you’re racing against the clock. its really fun!

Learn to love Lego StudsPart of the fun of this game is unlocking every single little thing that you can find. And in order to unlock a lot of these special treats is having a load of Lego Studs. Sorry boys and girls, there is no way around it: you must get Lego Studs. The best way to do this is to understand the levels you are playing through -- you should be shooting through these levels. You’re not marked down for your inaccuracy of your shots, and just about everything in the levels can be destroyed, built, broken down and collected to amount Lego Studs. So get shootin’.

Free Play Mode & Minikit CollectingFree Play mode is Minikit mode, get it? Don't worry about Minikit collection until you beat all the levels once. A great item to have in your inventory is the all mighty Minikit Detector. You can find this baby under the right wing of Luke’s X-Wing at the start of Chapter 5 during The Empire Strikes Back. It will cost you 500,000 bones (Lego Studs) and will help you a lot in terms of finding each and every one of those Minikits. When you’re playing through the levels, you will see white arrows around the sides of your screen of where the Minikit is located. A red arrow will indicate that you have passed the Minikit, so turn around. And if you see a green arrow, well, that’s where the Minikit is. It’s imperative that you save up for it, because, if you don’t, it will be detrimental to your gameplay.

Glitch Super JumpOne of the best moves to use during Free Play mode: the super jump. The first ingredient is to unlock the Emperor as a playable character; he'll play a valuable role in beating the game. The trick to understating the super jump is that you're canceling the Emperor's double jump attack animation. When you switch to another character, you break the animation string, causing some awesome height to your jumps.

The buttons sequence? Jump, jump, attack, right trigger to character switch. This will break the Emperor's attack animation string, sending the switched character flying through the air. This will take a few times to master, but once you do you’ll be jumping through the levels like no tomorrow. If R. Kelly believes you can fly, we do too. Other jedi characters work too but not as well as the Emperor!

Character Bonus roundsThe best character to unlock and use during the Character Bonus round is Greedo (But The Droideka is even better if you have use old save). He’s fast, has great dodge ability, and is hands down the best character to unlock early in the game. His double-jump will send him into a roll. Once he is airborne, hit the attack button repeatedly to have him come out of his roll and fire off a burst of three shots, all very accurate. He can also dodge blaster fire if you time it right, and hit the attack button before the blaster hits you. He can also throw or stick thermal detonators on shiny metallic surfaces or throw them off like grenades.

One of the bonuses at the end of each chapter is the Character Bonus round, in which you can select a character and collect X-Amount of Lego Studs in X-Amount of time. It also helps to have the invincibility, super blaster, and super saber power bricks to help you through these rounds, since this will keep your Lego Stud collection in order (and not scattered after four blaster hits take you down).

Stormtrooper Helmets and YouIn certain sections of the game, you need to put on a Stormtrooper helmet or a Bounty Hunter helmet to gain access to locked doors. If you attack then you will no longer be ignored and if shot you will loose the helmet. Just one person in your party needs a helmet, to be ignored by Stormtroopers. Maybe they're assuming that you're escorting Rebel prisoners to cellblock AA23...

Avoid having un-needed characters during Free PlayDon't buy characters early on if you don't really need them. If you buy everyone as soon as they become available, you will end up having to scroll through a dozen useless people just to get to the one you want.

To get everything during Free Play, you will need one each of the following: "Short Person" (Ewok or Jawa) "Bounty Hunter" (Leia in her bounty hunter outfit, or any of the six you can buy.) "Blaster" (anyone with a gun, bounty hunters included) "Sith" (Not a Jedi - They can't use the Force on red sparkly areas.) and the two droids. The computer probably won't let you do it, but in theory, you could do Free Play with only 4 (yes, four) characters: R2, a bounty hunter, a short person, and your personal character using C3P0's head and a red lightsaber. Or you could put Boba Fett with a Red Saber, this works but sometimes it's difficult to chose between the Force and Grenades.